termination

Definitions

1. The process of terminating or the state of being terminated.
   countable, uncountable
2. The process of firing an employee; ending one's employment at a business for any reason.
   countable, uncountable
3. An end in time; a conclusion.
   countable, uncountable
4. An end in space; an edge or limit.
   countable, uncountable
5. An outcome or result.
   countable, uncountable
6. The last part of a word.
   countable, uncountable
7. An induced abortion.
   countable, uncountable
8. A word, a term.
   countable, obsolete, rare, uncountable
9. The ending up of a polypeptid chain.
   countable, uncountable

Equivalents

33 more languages

العربيةالإنهاء

Беларускаяканча́так

Българскиграницазавъ́ршеккрайпоследицарезултат+ 2 more

Bosanskifinfinalizmakotkazprekidprestanakraskidsmakграницаизмакотказпоследицапрекидпрестанакрезултатсмак+ 13 more

Catalàdesinènciaterminació

Češtinakoncovka

Cymraegterfyniad

Danskendelsefyring

Ελληνικάαπόληξηαπόλυσηέκτρωσηκατάληξηλήξηπαύσητέλοςτερματισμός+ 5 more

Esperantofinaĵo

Suomiaborttiirtisanominenlopettaminenpäätepäätösraskaudenkeskeytys+ 3 more

Gaeilgefoirceann

हिन्दीसमापनसमाप्तिसाय

Hrvatskifinfinalizmakotkazprekidprestanakraskidsmakграницаизмакотказпоследицапрекидпрестанакрезултатсмак+ 13 more

Magyarabortuszbefejezéselbocsátásfelbontásfelmondáslezárásmegszakításmegszüntetésterhességmegszakítástoldalék+ 7 more

Bahasa Indonesiapemutusan

Íslenskaending

Italianodesinenzaterminazione

日本語中止中絶仕舞い打ち切り断絶終息終止解約解雇語尾+ 7 more

한국어어미종식

Kurdîfekfesîhfînfînal+ 1 more

Latinadesinentiaexitusterminatio

Latviešubeigas

Македонскизавршеток

Nederlandsuitgang

Polskidokończeniekońcówkaterminacjawypowiedzenie+ 1 more

Portuguêsabortoconclusãodemissãodesfechodesinênciarescisãoterminaçãotermino+ 5 more

Românăconcedieredesinențădisponibilizareîncheieresfârșiresfârșitterminareterminație+ 5 more

Русскийокончание

Српскиfinfinalizmakotkazprekidprestanakraskidsmakграницаизмакотказпоследицапрекидпрестанакрезултатсмак+ 13 more

Svenskaändelseavslut

Türkçebitişçekim ekifekfesihson ek+ 2 more

Українськазакінчення

Examples

“At all terminal stations, where running speeds are low, fixed termination simple catenary equipment has been installed.”

“Long indeed did that morning appear⟳ to Francesca—the longer as her anxiety was unexpressed; for it certainly does shorten a period of waiting not a little to spend⟳ it in talking over its various probabilities of termination, wondering what will happen⟳, while we are consoled by the strong sympathy we excite in the listener.”

“1. Some adjectives of the third declension have⟳ three terminations in the nominative singular,—one for each gender; some two,—one for the masculine and feminine, the other for the neuter; and some, only one for all genders. 1. Verbs whose terminations are alike, are said to be of the same conjugation. 2. Latin verbs are divided into four conjugations.”

“Women's names were formed in the same way as men's, but with feminine terminations […]”

“She speaks poniards, and every word stabs: if her breath were as terrible as her terminations, there were no living near her; she would infect⟳ to the north star.”

“1808, Humphry Davy, The Bakerian Lecture⟳, on some new Phenomena of chemical Changes produced by Electricity, particularly the Decomposition of the fixed Alkalis, and on the Exhibition of the new substances which constitute their bases; and on the general Nature of alkaline Bodies, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Part 1, p. 32. [O]n this idea, in naming the bases of potash and soda, it will be proper to adopt⟳ the termination which, by common consent, has been applied to other newly discovered metals... Potasium and sodium are the names...”

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